Dennis Peron

Dennis Peron (8 April 1945-) was a cannabis and gay rights activist from New York.

Biography
Dennis Peron was born on 8 April 1945 in The Bronx, New York City, and he served in the US Air Force during the Vietnam War. Later, he moved to San Francisco and helped in founding the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club, the first public marijuana dispensary in the United States. In 1978 and 1990, his business was busted by the police, but Proposition 215's legalization of medical marijuana in 1996 led to his shop being reopened. Despite his support for medicinal marijuana, he opposed its use by children, and he was against "recreational" use, saying that people should only use it for medical purposes.